In-Person Event

Oct 17, 2024

Strengthening the Allied Industrial Base

Hudson Institute

An employee checks 155 mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at a meeting celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference CPPCC in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 20, 2024. (Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Beijing, China, on September 20, 2024. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

China Falls Into Its Own Trap

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Commentary

2 Min Read

Caption

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North Korea’s Role in the Rising Axis

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei awards the Order of Fat'h to Amir Ali Hajizadeh in Tehran, Iran, on October 6, 2024. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A Strategy for Striking Back at Iran

David Asher

Senior Fellow

David Asher

Commentary

1 Min Read

Caption

An Iranian flag waves on a beach in Bushehr, Iran, home to Iran's first nuclear seaport, on April 28, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Nuclear Iran Is an American Choice

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Commentary

AoD Podcast | America's Universities, Our Intellectual Armories, Are Vulnerable (feat. Gabe Scheinmann)

Marshall Kosloff

Media Fellow

Marshall Kosloff

Podcast

Caption

A serviceman of a mobile fire group of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is on a mission in Odesa region, Ukraine, on October 10, 2024. (Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Ukraine Military Situation Report | October 16

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Rising Axis

01 Great Power Competition and the Rising Axis

02 China-Russia Relations in the Rising Axis

03 Deterring an Axis of Aggressors: A Conversation with H.R. McMaster

Regions Topics

Middle East Indo-Pacific China Europe Ukraine

People gather to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

October 7, One Year Later

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Podcast

Long Read

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Israel vs. Iran: What Cycle?

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Joel Rayburn

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Hessen & Joel Rayburn

Oct 15, 2024

In the Media

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators leave Palestinian flags and graffiti on the Rochambeau Statue in Lafayette Park next to the White House on June 8, 2024. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

October 7 and the Battle for the West

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Oct 15, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

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Deep Dive | October 14

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Hessen & Michael Doran

Oct 14, 2024

In the Media

Recovered motorcycles used by members of Hamas during the October 7 attacks are seen on October 6, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Leon Neal via Getty Images)

Israel’s Economy after One Year of War

Michael Doran

Noach Hacker

Oct 11, 2024

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October 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Looking Ahead at Brazil’s Foreign and Domestic Policies

Featured Speakers:

Daniel Batlle

Marcio Coimbra

Rafael Favetti

Mark Langevin

Sao Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes of the Movimento Democratico Brasileiro (MDB) casts his vote during the municipal elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 6, 2024. (Nilton Fukuda/AFP via Getty Images)

October 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Looking Ahead at Brazil’s Foreign and Domestic Policies

Join Hudson for an event that will examine Brazil’s responses to key policy challenges, the impact of municipal elections, and prospects for bilateral relations between Brasília and Washington. Daniel Batlle will moderate an expert panel featuring Marcio Coimbra, Rafael Favetti, and Mark Langevin.

Featured Speakers:

Daniel Batlle

Marcio Coimbra

Rafael Favetti

Mark Langevin

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October 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Relearning Escalation Dynamics to Win the New Cold War

Featured Speakers:

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Kyle Balzer

Matthew Costlow

Ryan Tully

A B-1B Lancer sits on the flightline while receiving a post-flight inspection on November 9, 2009. (US Air Force)

October 2024

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Relearning Escalation Dynamics to Win the New Cold War

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs will sit down for a conversation on the path forward for Washington in a new era of strategic competition with the coauthors of Relearning Escalation Dynamics to Win the New Cold War.

Featured Speakers:

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Kyle Balzer

Matthew Costlow

Ryan Tully

Learn More

October 2024

Past Event

Africa in the New Cold War

Featured Speakers:

Joshua Meservey

Cameron Hudson

Aaron Zelin

Moderator:

Zineb Riboua

Somali National Army soldiers graduate from a basic training course led by US Navy Seals on August 3, 2023, in Baledogle, Somalia. (Jonathan Torgovnik via Getty Images)

October 2024

Past Event

Africa in the New Cold War

Join Hudson for an expert discussion on these critical issues.

Featured Speakers:

Joshua Meservey

Cameron Hudson

Aaron Zelin

Moderator:

Zineb Riboua

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October 2024

Past Event

Strengthening the Allied Industrial Base

Featured Speakers:

Representative Rob Wittman

Ambassador Hyun-dong Cho

Steve Brock

Sang-bong Lee

Jim Schirmer

Michael Kuenzli

Mike Smith

Rob Murray

Moderators:

Nadia Schadlow

Timothy A. Walton

October 2024

Past Event

Strengthening the Allied Industrial Base

Join Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Nadia Schadlow for an event exploring the opportunities and challenges in implementing a more unified allied industrial base with Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Ambassador Hyun-dong Cho of South Korea, senior US Navy and Army officials, and leaders of major Asian and European defense firms.

Featured Speakers:

Representative Rob Wittman

Ambassador Hyun-dong Cho

Steve Brock

Sang-bong Lee

Jim Schirmer

Michael Kuenzli

Mike Smith

Rob Murray

Moderators:

Nadia Schadlow

Timothy A. Walton

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Hudson hosted Senator Tom Cotton, Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale and Shyam Sankar, Senate Armed Services Committee Budget Director Richard Berger, and other experts to discuss the future of defense innovation.

Hudson hosted Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK), Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale and Shyam Sankar, Senate Armed Services Committee Budget Director Richard Berger, and other experts to discuss the future of defense innovation.

Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Major General Heather Pringle, USAF (Ret.), discussed American hypersonic missile development with Hudson’s Rebeccah Heinrichs.

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Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, US Army SMDC commander, sat down with Senior Fellow Tim Walton to discuss how the Army should modernize its air and missile defense forces.

Romanian Foreign Minister Luminiţa-Teodora Odobescu discussed why the broader contest for the future of the Black Sea region is a global inflection point.

Admiral Rob Bauer, NATO’s highest-ranking military official, sat down with Senior Fellow Nadia Schadlow to discuss the state of the Russia-Ukraine War and the readiness of the alliance’s defense industrial base.

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